The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Seth Rose finished 195th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:34:01, faster than 70% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 85% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 44% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:54. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:33 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:13 more than the average race this season, going by 300 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:30Running 1 3:04v median −0:58
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 4:52v median −0:54
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:28v median −0:51
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Block 04 14:19Running 4 5:32v median −0:49
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:14v median −1:22
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:11v median −1:14
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:06v median −1:22
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Block 08 15:31Running 8 6:10v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 646
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 646 men who finished.